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TIL That a pilot and a co-pilot never eat the same meal, incase 1 of the meals is contaminated.

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9YV67 TIL that the man who patented the ouija board has a ouija board headstone.
kJllE TIL in 1969 North Korea shot down a US surveillance aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board and that the US did not retaliate at all.
9w0b7 TIL that the first ATM was developed and built by Luther George Simjian, and installed in 1939 in New York city by the City Bank of New York. Six months later, it was removed due to the lack of customer acceptance
pYn5Z TIL that adding gallium to aluminum makes it as weak as paper!
8eGg4 TIL that when USS Taylor was transporting members of the press off USS Missouri after the signing of the Japanese surrender, the ship's mascot, a dog named Subic who had been abused during the Japanese occupation of The Philippines, bit one of the Japanese newsmen in the leg.